SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with dementia have seen their symptoms worsen at a much faster rate after being cut off from society during the pandemic era. Choi Ho-jin, a professor of neurology at Hanyang University Guri Hospital led a team that published an article in Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, a journal published [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with a spouse suffering from dementia are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia themselves, a study showed Monday. A research team from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital conducted a survey of 784 senior couples in the country who are over 60 years of age every two years [...]
UIJEONGBU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new diagnostic method that looks at how a person walks to determine if they are suffering from Parkinson’s disease or dementia has been patented. A research team from St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu developed a new diagnostic method that collects data from an individual’s shoes to diagnose degenerative [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based service platform to share knowledge on the symptoms of dementia patients and how to care for them. Based on an ontology model, which refers to technology in which AI understands and processes human knowledge, the [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that a memory training program called Brain Tok Tok that was built for South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker NUGU can help to delay the advancement of dementia. A research team from Seoul National University College of Medicine conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Minor brain inflammation is instantly recovered, but in severe cases, it can bring about irreversible brain damage, causing degenerative brain diseases such as dementia. A South Korean research team has discovered a protein that can suppress the brain inflammation. The National Research Foundation of Korea announced on Wednesday that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the prolonged spread of COVID-19 has left patients suffering from cognitive disorders such as dementia physically and socially more vulnerable. A research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital stressed in a report that elderly people with cognitive disorders have a higher [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will invest 200 billion won (US$172 million) over the next nine years to conduct research on technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of dementia, the health ministry said Monday. The investment plan was unveiled to mark World Alzheimer’s Day, designated by the World Health Organization to boost [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed an equation to assess the risk of dementia for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, a university said Thursday. A research team led by Lee Phil-hyu and Chung Seok-jong, professors of neurology at Yonsei University College of Medicine, had developed a model and an equation tool [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly three in ten patients who have fallen prey to the new coronavirus in South Korea suffered from dementia, local health authorities said Tuesday. The country’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 124 as of Tuesday, up 13 from a day earlier, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and [...]